South Belt Leader (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 9, 1980 Page: 2 of 10
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Hawkins backs teachers
Flooding hurts area property sales
Editor, South Belt Leader;
January 17.
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Our State Representatives are tup-
posed to represent our views, but
Channel 2
Gene Allen
P. O. Box 2
Houston, Texas
Channel 13
Garvin Berry
P. O. Box 13
Houston, Texas
Consumer Protection Act).
He also voted to pass S B. 359(sn act
that gave new car dealers the right to
charge extra fees for processing new
car papers).
I don't know about anyone else, but I
think new cars are expensive enough
without adding an extra S25 or so onto
the price.
1 could go on about other bills that
he helped (one* that benefited certain
business sectors), but that is a matter
of public record. It is obvious to me
that the man is out-of-touch with his
constituent*. Wake up people and
write him a letter complaining of his
record.
“The people of our area have unique
problems and have continually ex-
pressed a desire for a direct represen-
tation on the board. With the massive
amount of federal and neighboring
intervention into our affairs, the peo-
ple of this area want strong respon-
sive leadership. Cross district busing,
the central appraisal districts, a state
mandated switch from the trimester
program and other incidences repre-
sent a real threat to local government
and local representation. In one of the
closest elections in the district, the
South Belt area needed only 112 votes
to achieve direct representation. It is
imperative that every concerned in-
dividual vote and encourage their
friends and family to vote,” Bane
said.
Don and Marcela have two children,
Phillip and Catherine. Bane teaches a
10th grade life class at St. Lukes,
Catholic Church and serves on the
board of directors for the Sagemont
Park Homeowners Association. He
live on the salary they
receive or they can
make more money in
surrounding districts.”
Hawkins, an instruc-
tor of government at San
Jacinto College, spoke
before ■ group of neigh-
borhood residents at a
coffee hosted by Mrs. J.
B. Braswell.
“The school district
must provide incentives
to attract and hold good
personnel,” he said.
"Otherwise we will have
to lower our standards in
the district and the
they could see. Then the program
began and to my unbelieving eyes as
the children came in, the majority of
people from two rows back stood up
and filled the aisles, blocking the view
and making so much noise that you
could not hear a sound. Many teacher*
had worked for two month* with over
90 pre-*chool students trying to teach
them songs and how to behave only to
be greeted with a mob of people who
believe that “Me and My Children”
•re much more important than any-
one else. “I don't care if you came an
hour early to assure a good seat, 1 am
more important, so I am going to
stand in front of you so I can see”
seem s to be the prevailing attitude. As
I told my daughter “Just because a
majority of adult* are rude, it doesn't
make it right.”
1 don't suppose the people I was with
ever take time to read Letters to the
Editor, but I hope that everyone who
does will explain to their children and
remind themselves that any perform-
ance whether by pre-school students,
church groups, school programs or
professionals deserve the very best
audience and good manners and
should have an audience that is quiet
and one that remains seated until the
performance is over.
Bruce W. Barnes
President
Red Carpet-Sagemont
nounced that he has filed
for Position 6 on the
Board of Trustees of the
Pasadena Independent
School District.
Sam Hawkins, candi-
date for Pasadena Inde-
pendent School District
Board of Trustees, Posi-
tion 6, has indicated con-
cern about the number
of teachers leaving the
teaching profession Or
transferring to other
school districts.
"Every time I go to
the school board meet-
ings, I notice a number
of resignations of our
teachers. The reasons
given for these resigna-
tions are generally eco-
nomic — they cannot
has judged both U.l.L. and D.E.C.A.
competition for the local high school
students.
Bane received his education in the
Pasadena district attending San Jac
and receiving a scholarship from the
local Retail Merchant* Association to
the University of Houston. He grad-
uated from the University of Houston
and received his B.B.A. in Marketing.
Currently employed as a divisional
manager for Playa Homes, Bane said
experience in budgeting and supervis-
ing in the multi-million dollar home
building industry gives him the exper-
ience necessary to work in depth on
the school board.
Professional memberships for Bane
include: Greater Houston Home Build-
ers Association, Houston Board of
Realtors, Pasadena Chamber of Com-
merce, Pasadena Homebuilders As-
sociation, Pasadena Board of Real-
tors, Bay Area Homebuilders Associa-
tion, Texas Association of Realtors,
Texas Realtors Political Action Com-
mittee, National Association of Real-
tors.
eventual loser in that
will be the student."
In his comments, Haw-
kins also indicated his
interests in maintaining
high standards in educa-
tion. "I approve of the
development of profi-
ciency tests that the dis-
trict has begun,” he
said. “All students need
to have a good solid foun-
dation in their educa-
tional development.
That is why I stress the
need to continue and up-
grade the idea of ‘back
to the basics’."
Being an instructor at
San Jacinto College
made him doubly aware
of the need of the public
schools to prepare the
students for college or
their vocational inter-
ests," he said.
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ia the Pasadena district,
•nd as a Board member
I would work to maintain
the progress already
established. We need to
promote policies which
give the classroom to the
teacher and protect that
environment in its best
form."
"In America, I believe
that the school system
need* to return to the
principle that the educa-
tional system exists to
educate — not cure all
the social, family, or cul-
tural inequities, or ills of
our society.”
Powitxky's communi-
ty activities include ser-
ving as a director of the
Pasadena Chamber of
Commerce, director of
the Y.M.C.A., director of
the Pasadena Rotary
Club and District Repre-
sentative of the Pee Wee
League. He is a member
of the Mayor’s Beautifi-
cation Commission and
the Chamber's Com-
munity Development
Committee.
He and hi* wife are
members of Teague Ele-
mentary P.T.A. He and
his family are members
of First Baptist Church.
He is a member of the
American Institute of
Architects, Texas So-
ciety of Architect* and
Rice Design Alliance.
Powitzky attended
Kruse Elementary,
Jackson Intermediate
•nd Pasadena High
School. He earned a
Bachelor of Arts (1968)
•nd Bachelor of Archi-
tecture (1970) from Rice
University.
Calvin’s wife Patricia
is owner/manager of the
American Passenger
Travel Agency of Pasa-
dena. Their son Eric and
daughter Dayna are
fourth and second grad-
ers at Teague Elemen-
tary.
During the recent holiday season, 1
became aware of an important lesson
in manner* we need to teach our
children.
It is almost a lost art. "How to
be a Good and Courteous Audience.”
At our December PTA meeting when
our children performed a program of
Christmas music I was appalled to see
people up moving about, talking,
taking flash pictures minutes after
being requested not to by a teacher,
•II this while “their children" per-
formed; even after a teacher asked
that the audience show the courtesy
the students’ hard work deserved.
These rude people were not children
but adults because the next morning
over 700 student* sat quietly and re-
spectfully through the same program.
1 was embarrassed a* a parent and
hurt for the teachers and students who
worked so hard and outraged at the
example these parents set for their
own children and also for mine. That
was bad enough, but the next week I
became more discouraged when 1
attended the program presented by
my son's Mother's Day Out.
My daughter and I arrived early to
find the sanctuary almost full of
people who had come early to assure
themselves a seat near the front so
wear and formal* as
well as shoes, bags, jew-
elry and other accesso-
ries.
Lynn and Polly would
like for everyone to drop
by and visit and take a
few minutes to browse
throughout the store.
A grand opening will
be held soon with details
to be announced in the
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resale dress shop, open-
ed on Dec. 26 at 10100
Kleckley (behind Pix
Shoes). The shop, owned
by Lynn Gantt, moved
from another location at
5824 Telephone Road.
Lynn has a complete
line of misses and junior
sizes dresses, sports-
est point I have been making is that
this misinformation to the public has
created a severe problem in the resale
market of Sagemont homes and their
coverage was unfair.
I was given the opportunity to pre-
sent this issue on News Center 11.
While the point was made, I was not
given enough time to effectively
change public opinion. But the fact
that one station allowed us this priv-
ilege could result in more indepth cov-
erage.
Therefore 1 am continuing to contact
the local TV stations and asking for
air time, but most important, I am
asking the area residents to rally
behind this effort, by sending Channel
13 and Channel 2 personal letters ask-
ing them to let me present Sagemont’s
side of the story. I ask that area
residents send these letters directly to
the news directors. For their assist-
ance I have enclosed the names and
addresses of the two stations.
In closing I want to reiterate the
value in changing public opinion, if we
accomplish this goal it most assuredly
will result in once again creating a
prosperous resale m arket in the South
Belt Area.
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trustee as one needing "I am concerned about
experience in manage- the future of our excei-
ment, planning, econom- lent educational system
ic* and policy implemen-
tation.”
“As an architect with
my own firm, I believe 1
can contribute a diver-
sity of expertise, a diver-
sity of age, and stand a*
an independent mem-
ber on any issue. Add to
this my sincere interest
in the quality of the town
in which I was born and
raised, the school dis-
trict in which I was edu-
cated, and the communi-
ty of people with which I
live and work.”
Thank you and congratulations on
the magnificent effort in securing the
closing of three of the four drainage
culverts that flooded the South Belt
Area last July. Your achievement de-
serves a community wide "vote of
thanks.”
Even though your efforts in getting
the drainage system partially closed
will help stop flooding, Sagemont is
still left with a very grave “image
problem." Most home owners in Sage-
mont will eventually want to sell their
homes and will be faced with the
buyer’s reluctance to buy a home in a
flooded area. People who live outside
of Sagemont after viewing the news
media coverage believed the entire
area was under water. This has
caused our phone calls to drop off
some 80%. In addition, when we do
receive a call the caller responds
negatively when he is told the address
of the property starts with Sage
They believe if it has Sage in the name
the house flooded, and that’s just not
so.
1 believe, if I receive more public
support from the residents, I can get
the point across effectively that the
news media overdramatized the
situation and point out that only a
small percentage of Sagemont homes
flooded.
I have just recently finished the first
step in changing this misnomer. Last
week I contacted all of the TV stations
and explained our plight, the strong-
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Caraway has a very poor voting re-
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light of the probable Special Legis-
lative Session that the Governor will
call sometime this year, it is impor-
tant that we let him know we are
concerned.
In fact, according to a report by the
Texas Consumer Association based in
Austin, he ha* only voted for citizens
17% of the time.
He voted for S.B. 3S7 (an act that
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